Sensory Awareness Training Offer
Fully Funded Sensory Awareness (or Visual Awareness and Deaf Awareness) Training by North East Sensory Service
Suitable for anyone who works in in a customer facing role at Moray Council, as well as Health & Social Care Moray (H&SCM), where they come into contact with the general public in terms of making services accessible and inclusive for people who are living with sight and/or hearing loss or Deafness.
The British Sign Language (Scotland) Act 2015 requires public bodies to promote the use of BSL to make services more accessible. As a council we have committed to addressing the following actions, among others, within our Moray British Sign Language (BSL) Plan 2024 - 2030:
- BSL training for Council staff and the general public, where relevant and required for delivering certain services
- Develop an effective two-way communication between BSL users and Moray Council’s Contact Centre
- Ensure BSL users can access the council’s emergency and out of hours numbers effectively
- Develop ways BSL users can be involved in public consultations, especially concerning Moray Growth Deal and budget consultations
The training will go some way to help achieve these commitments.
Elgin dates (at NESS Resource Centre, Elizabeth House, Victoria Crescent, Elgin IV30 1RQ):
- Thursday 13 March 2025
- Thursday 8 May 2025
- Thursday 26 June 2025
- Thursday 4 September 2025
- Thursday 2 October 2025
Link to the training provider’s website is here and booking form is here.
